SINGLE CHRISTMAS...AND THIS YEAR IS NO DIFFERENT. A GRINCH IS ALREADY TARGETING HOLIDAY DECORATIONS. WYFF NEWS 4'S MANDY GAITHER IS LIVE AND LOCAL IN ANDERSON COUNTY... MANDY...WHAT WAS TAKEN? TWO INFLATABLES LIKE THESE...WHILE THE OWNER SAYS HE KNOWS IT'S NOT THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY... HE SAYS IT'S DISAPPOINTING THAT SOMEONE IS TRYING TO DAMPEN HIS FAMILY'S SPIRIT. AT THE LITTLETON HOUSE IN EASLEY... THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT IS FELT IN THE AIR... we don't do the whole black friday shopping thing it's just not worth it BUT, WHAT THIS FAMILY DOES DO EVERY YEAR... IS PICK OUT A NEW YARD DECORATION TOGETHER. A TRADITION THAT YIELDED A 6 FOOT FROSTY...AND CHRISTMAS DARTH VADER THIS YEAR... THEY'RE NOT IN THE VIDEO...BECAUSE THEY'RE NO WHERE TO BE FOUND. we got up sunday morning sometime to go to church and discovered frosty and darth vader had come up missing IT'S A CRIME THAT HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE YEAR. it's hard to investigate this crime because there's no evidence left EASLEY LT. JEREMY MILLER SAYS ANYTIME A HOMEOWNER LEAVES A DECORATION OUT...THERE'S A RISK THAT IT COULD BE TAKEN... HE SAYS THE BEST ADVICE IS SOMETHING MANY WILL PROBABLY NOT TAKE THE TIME TO DO... BRING THE STUFF INDOORS AT NIGHT. unfortunately we don't recover a lot of the stuff. There's no way to track it but if you do see it in somebody else's yard contact us before you make contact with someone that you think took it AND JUST LIKE ANY OTHER TIME OF THE YEAR...MILLER SAYS NEIGHBORS SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER...AND REPORT ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS... SOMETHING LITTLETON SAYS HIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS ALREADY DOING. WHILE HE DOESN'T EXPECT TO EVER SEE HIS DECORATIONS AGAIN. HE DOES FEEL BADLY FOR HIS CHILDREN... it's disappointing they have to experience something like this this early in life the grinch who stole christmas -- or in this case frosty and darth -- it's very disappointing BUT HE SAYS NO GRINCH CAN STEAL THE MOST IMPORTANT THING... HIS FAMILY'S CHRISTMAS SPIRIT. SINCE STEALING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS IS MIXED IN WITH OTHER LARCENIES...IT'S HARD TO TELL HOW MANY CASES HAPPEN EACH YEAR...BUT OFFICERS SAY IT'S A BIG PROBLEM...SO WATCH OUT. MANDY GAITHER WYFF NEWS 4 LIVE IN ANDERSON COUNTY.

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